Jewish Museum BerlinPreparing for Marriage and Minding the Past – Blogerim בלוגרים – Blogerim בלוגרים https://www.jmberlin.de/blog-en/2013/11/preparing-for-marriage/
With young adults spending an increasing number of years out of wedlock, preparation for marriage is ever more elaborate: Bachelor and bachelorette parties in North America are notorious for distracting brides- and grooms-to-be with alcohol and promiscuity. Celebrations of a similar nature are called stag and hen nights in England. In traditional German circles, friends and relatives of …
Fishman This new old ritual is possibly related to a Chassidic custom which bears the same